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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                        ESB-2008.1122 -- [Solaris]
 An IP(7P) Spoofing Security Vulnerability in Mid-range Sun Fire Server's
       Firmware May Allow Unauthorized Access to System Controllers
                             30 December 2008

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              Sun Fire 3800 Server
                      Sun Fire 4800 Server
                      Sun Fire 4810 Server
                      Sun Fire 6800 Server
                      Sun Fire E2900 Server
                      Sun Fire E4900 Server
                      Sun Fire E6900 Server
                      Sun Fire V1280 Server
                      Netra 1280 Server
                      Netra 1290 Server
Publisher:            Sun Microsystems
Operating System:     Solaris
Platform:             SPARC
Impact:               Root Compromise
                      Inappropriate Access
                      Denial of Service
Access:               Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names:            CVE-2008-5685

Original Bulletin:    
  http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-66-246746-1

Revision History:     December 30 2008: Added CVE Reference
                      December 15 2008: Initial Release

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   Solution Type: Sun Alert
   Solution  246746 :   An IP(7P) Spoofing Security Vulnerability in
   Mid-range Sun Fire Server's Firmware May Allow Unauthorized Access to
   System Controllers          
   Bug ID: 6707931

   Product
   Sun Fire 3800 Server
   Sun Fire 4800 Server
   Sun Fire 4810 Server
   Sun Fire 6800 Server
   Sun Fire E2900 Server
   Sun Fire E4900 Server
   Sun Fire E6900 Server
   Sun Fire V1280 Server
   Netra 1280 Server
   Netra 1290 Server

   Date of Resolved Release: 12-Dec-2008

   SA Document Body
   An IP(7P) spoofing security vulnerability in certain midrange Sun
   Fire Server's firmware:

   1. Impact
   An IP(7P) spoofing security vulnerability in certain Mid-range Sun
   Fire Server's firmware may allow a remote privileged/unprivileged user
   to gain unauthorized access to the System Controller (SC). Such users
   may also gain access to the system console and possibly the host
   operating system running on these servers.This may allow such users to
   power off or reset the system which is a type of Denial of Service
   (DoS).

   2. Contributing Factors
   This issue can occur in the following releases:
   SPARC Platform
     * Sun Fire 3800/4800/4810/6800/E2900/E4900/E6900/V1280
     * Netra 1280/1290 Servers

   with a System Controller (SC) running ScApp versions 5.18.X, 5.19.X,
   and 5.20.0 through 5.20.10
   To determine the version of ScApp on a system, the following command
   can be run (from sc0:SC>):
    sc0:SC> showsc
    ...
    ScApp version: 5.20.10 Build_01
    RTOS version: 47
    ...

   Note: This issue only impacts systems that have a System Controller V2
   without SSH enabled.
   To determine if a system has System Controller V2, the following
   command can be run (from the platform shell):
    sc0:SC> showsc
    ...
    Main System Controller V2
    SC Failover: disabled
    ...

   To determine if SSH is configured on the System Controller, please see
   the documentation regarding configuring of network parameters in the
   System Administration Guide for these servers.

   3. Symptoms
   There are no reliable symptoms that would indicate the described
   issues have been exploited.

   4. Workaround
   To work around the described issue, one of the following options can
   be used:
    1. Do not put the System Controller on a publicly accessible network.
    2. Enable SSH on systems with System Controller V2

   Note: System Controllers can be configured to use SSH for remote
   connections or to not accept remote connections at all. To configure
   network parameters for these System Controllers, please refer to the
   System Administration Guide documentation for these servers.

   5. Resolution
   This issue is addressed in the following releases:
   SPARC Platform
     * Sun Fire 3800/4800/4810/6800/E2900/E4900/E6900/V1280 with firmware
       (ScApp) 5.20.11 (as delivered in patch 114527-12) or later
     * Netra 1280/1290 Servers with firmware (ScApp) 5.20.11 (as
       delivered in patch 114527-12) or later

   This Sun Alert notification is being provided to you on an "AS IS"
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   or may not impact your system(s). Sun makes no representations,
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   Copyright 2000-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa
   Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A. All rights reserved

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